Garment-supporting device.



A. SwMADDEN. GARMENT SUPPORTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.18, 1914.

Patented Jan. 12,

l the line 2 of Fig. l, and-Fig. 3 is a section ARMANI) S. MADDEN, 0FCHTCAGO, ILLINOIS.

GARMENT-SUPPORTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patentedillan. f2, 1915..

Application filed February 18, 1914. Serial N 0. 819,377.

To all whom, it may concern Be it'known' that I, ARMAND S. MADDEN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvementin-Garment-Supporting Devices, of whichthefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements ingarment-supporting devices, and is fully described and explained in thespecification and shown in the accom-\ panying drawings, in which Figure1 is a front view of my improved device,-a part of the bag being brokenaway to show-the interior; Fig; 2 is a sect on on on the line 3, of Fig.1.

Referring to the drawings, 4 is a tightbag to which access may be hadthrough an opening closed by snaps 5. The bag is supported by a frameconstructed in the following manner: A frame is made of one piece ofwire having a central transverse part or strut 6. The wire at the twoends of this strut is turned in opposite directionsto form the parts 7,each of which recurves at 8 and returns, as shown at 9, to the oppositeend of the strut fromthat at which it started, the ends of the parts 9being bent.

around the strut,- as shown at 10. There is thusprovided in the simplestpossible way a light, but fairly strong, frame which can lie in theupper part of the bag 4 to hold the same in position. The medial strutwith which this frame is provided serves two purposes. The ends of thestrut afford means of attachment for the furcations 11 of a bifurcatedhook 12 which passes out through a small opening in the bag 4, thisopening being of such size as to tightly fit the wires of the hookto'prevent the entrance.

of dust. The entire structure can, therefore,

. readily be hung up in a closet and will occupy but a small space. Thestrut 6 also serves as a support for clothes hangers 13, and it is-madeof such length as to take, in

practice, three such hangers side by side, as shown in. Fig.3. The wireframe which supports and distends the bag f is, as illustratecL-madeconsiderably longer than the hangers themselves which are adapted to beplaced therein, and in turn receive garthe following claim, in which itis'my intention to claim all the novelty inherent in the device asbroadly as is permitted by the state of the'art.

\Vhat I claim as new and desire to se cure by Letters Patent is:

In combination, a relatively wide and substantially elliptical bagsupporting frame having a central transverse strut adapted to support aplurality of coat hangers of less length than the frame. said framebeing formed from a single piece of wire bent at the middle to form thestrut and having its ends bent back upon themselves and. at

tached to the-opposite ends'of said strut,.a supporting hook pivotallymounted on said strut capable of being folded into substantially theplane of the frame, and a bag adapted to inclose said frame and thehangers provided with a perforation through which said hook may bepassed and a buttoned front to permit access to the interior. Intestimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of February,1914.

ARMANI) S. MADDEN. In presence of A. C. FISCHER, L. 'HEISLAR.

